Western Tasmanian Regional Minerals Program (part 1): aeromagnetic and radiometric data -implications for exploration

The western and north-western regions of Tasmania have recently been covered with airborne magnetic and radiometric surveys as part of the Western Tasmanian Regional Minerals Program. This is the first consistent quality coverage of the area and a number of new and interesting features have been defined as well as much more structural and lithological detail than previously mapped. The data set is expected to be of considerable assistance to explorers in this highly mineralised and prospective area. This paper shows some examples of the data and the subsequent improvement in geological interpretation. One of the examples, Balfour, has also been flown with airborne electromagnetics and a presentation of that data forms the second WTRMP F21paper.